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I braved a drone flight on our last trip of the season out to Newtown Creek.

Bit of an experiment with the video and I understand some frame stuttering is visible on the YouTube version but I have such a poor internet connection I cannot see the issue. Probably due to a combination of the electronic gimbal stabilisation on the Drone, the framerate conversion within my editor (going from 29FPS to 24FPS) and YouTube transcoding.

mlines wrote:I braved a drone flight on our last trip of the season out to Newtown Creek.

Bit of an experiment with the video and I understand some frame stuttering is visible on the YouTube version but I have such a poor internet connection I cannot see the issue. Probably due to a combination of the electronic gimbal stabilisation on the Drone, the framerate conversion within my editor (going from 29FPS to 24FPS) and YouTube transcoding.

Great job Martin.. now need to do a chase shot

You should do that for each harbour. Think you would get loads of hits.

The Drone has an "activetrack" function but up until recently it has a reputation of being difficult to use from a moving platform and you therefore risk the loss of the drone. You will note in the video that the boat moves around whilst the drone just hovers which is the safest way.

However DJI have released new firmware this week that brings along a dynamic home point function which seems to support better a moving "home" point. I therefore plan to practice using a car over the winter and get ready for next year.

The Drone has an "activetrack" function but up until recently it has a reputation of being difficult to use from a moving platform and you therefore risk the loss of the drone. You will note in the video that the boat moves around whilst the drone just hovers which is the safest way.

However DJI have released new firmware this week that brings along a dynamic home point function which seems to support better a moving "home" point. I therefore plan to practice using a car over the winter and get ready for next year.

Ahh be brave and fly the chase by hand.. Dan did this on ours in Spain. I was so scared he would dunk the drone .